His close associate, Gajula Veerabhadra (Rajendra Gupta), is his trustworthy ally for his political work, to the extent that Narasimha Reddy gives him the freedom to contest Zilla Parishad polls with his men.

He starts killing Shankar's men in gory ways: drilling a hole into their skulls, chopping off their heads with a sugarcane chopper, burning them alive, and feeding them to ravenous rats.

Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi), who is in college in the city of Anantapur, gets the news of his father's murder and rushes to the village.

The story progresses as famed film star-turned-politician Konda Shivaji Rao (Shatrughan Sinha) targets Anantapur for contesting elections.

The day he enters Anantapur for the rally, Bukka Reddy's men throw bombs, making Shivaji Rao get back inside the car and return.

Immediately, his secretary mentions Pratap Ravi's name; Shivaji Rao sends for him and puts down a proposal to join his party and a ticket for contesting elections.

Bukka Reddy inflamed with the desire to avenge his father's death, hides out in an apartment with his men and plots to kill Pratap Ravi.

He immediately gathers his men and calls Babu Qadri, who had sought Pratap Ravi's help in avenging his sister, to lead the execution of Bukka Reddy.

Renuka Rao of DNA India gave the movie 4 stars on a scale of 5, concluding that RGV has surprisingly thrown at the audience a film that could actually evoke some emotions in you.

"[1] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 4 stars on a scale of 5, saying "On the whole, RAKHT CHARITRA is not for the faint-hearted or the lily-livered.

The violence, the blood and gore depicted in the film will shock and disconcert you, which only goes to establish as to how proficiently the subject material has been treated.

"[5] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 3 out of 5 stars, noting that "Rakta Charitra is a bold, disturbing film that’s bursting with the kind of confidence we haven’t seen from the filmmaker recently.

[8] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the movie 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "It is an interesting story, and Oberoi, re-united with RGV after Company does a good job as Ravi.